Phillip Crawley

Publisher and CEO - The Globe and Mail

Phillip Crawley was chosen to lead The Globe in October 1998, weeks before a newspaper war against a new national rival was to begin. Mr. Crawley, the Globe’s publisher and chief executive officer, had held senior editorial and executive positions with major newspapers on four continents. The Globe and Mail has remained firmly in place as Canada’s leading national newspaper and has made impressive gains in circulation and readership despite increased competition. In July 1999, Richard Addis, a veteran of London’s fierce newspaper wars, was named the newspaper’s editor.

As Publisher and CEO of The Globe and Mail, Crawley is responsible for leading all aspects of Canada’s national newspaper.

Prior to joining The Globe and Mail, Crawley held a variety of senior executive positions with some of the world's leading newspaper and media companies. From 1997 to 1998 he was the Managing Director of The New Zealand Herald, and later the CEO Designate of Wilson & Horton, the newspaper's owner and New Zealand's largest media group, including newspapers, radio, magazines and print, (wholly owned subsidiary of Independent Newspapers of Dublin). Between 1993 and 1997 he was Managing Director, The Times Supplements, London (subsidiary of News International, publisher of The Times Educational Supplement, The Times Higher Educational Supplement and The Times Literary Supplement). From 1988 to 1993 he was Editor, then Editor-in-Chief of the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong and Editorial Director of Asia Magazine. Between 1987 and 1988 he was Northern Editor, The Daily Telegraph, London, and between 1979 and 1987 he was Editor of The Journal, Newcastle upon Tyne. Prior to 1979, Crawley worked in various editorial roles for Thomson Regional Newspapers.

Crawley is chairman of the Canadian Press (as of May 2007) and is a member of the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre board in Toronto. He is a former chairman of the Canadian Newspaper Association and a former co-chair of Workopolis, Canada’s #1 careers website. He is involved with various charities, including The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.

Crawley was born in Northumberland, England in 1944 and graduated in English Language and Literature at Manchester University.